Bishop John Carroll and Casady both benefitted from this wonderful program in 2007. Mr. Reed has agreed to travel to six schools for the entire year to help us expand this program.
Robert Reed Bio: Robert L. Reed is the founder, artistic director, and producer of The St. Louis Tap Festival, The St. Louis Hoofer's Club, and The Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute, Inc. He is on the panel for the Missouri Arts Council and was named the official tap master for Missouri by the Columbia University Missouri Folk Arts Program. Mr. Reed is a protégé of Maceo Anderson, an original founding member of the fabulous Four Step Brothers. He has toured with Cab Calloway and was the featured dancer at the legendary Peg Leg Bates Country Club. He can be seen in the documentary, Dancing With The Peg. He has opened for such luminaries as Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, Cher, Liberace, Redd Foxx, David Hasselhoff, The Smothers Brothers, The Temptations, and The Dramatics. Mr. Reed was a featured performer at the Conde Duque with the legendary drummer Panama Fraces in Madrid, Spain. He also performed with famed dance choreographer Michael Peters in Rome, Italy and was a featured performer in Nagoya, Japan; Frankfurt, Germany; Monte Carlo; Switzerland; and New Zealand. He consults for several festivals, choreographs and teaches worldwide. In March 2000, he was presented with the Preservation of our Heritage - American Dance Award from Oklahoma City University. August 3rd has been designated "Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Day" in St. Louis by the Honorable Mayor Clarence Harmon. Mr. Reed has also accepted a job performing with Riverdance.
PPARTS is glad to announce that Robert Reed is BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND.
We have contracted with Robert to travel to six of our schools two times a week for one hour periods.
The following schools have stepped up to the challenge:
1. Christian Heritage Academy
2. St. Charles Borromeo
3. St. John's Nepomuk - Yukon
4. St. Charles Catholic School
5. Bishop John Carroll
6. OPEN ( contact PPARTS if you would like to be considered)
Date: Thursday, September 20th (Special Showing just for PPARTS schools)
Location: Wanda L. Bass School of Music
Cost: $7.00 per person
St. Charles Borromeo
Trinity
Villa Teresa
Messiah Lutheran
St. John Nepomuk Catholic
Mid Del Christian
Bishop John Carroll
HURRY...Tickets are almost all taken. Repond NOW if you want to reserve a spot.
LITTLE WOMEN Rediscover the magic of Louisa May Alcott’s classic in this family-friendly adaptation, which premiered on Broadway in 2005. LITTLE WOMEN follows the saga of the March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy — as they live and love in Civil War America.
"Harvest of Ideas"
Teacher Professional Development Opportunity for all arts related teachers.
John Cimino, and his team from Creative Leaps International, a group that has worked with top government, corporate and professional organizations around the globe, in addition to scores of leading universities will be leading us through a harvesting of creative insights of the arts integration process.
PPARTS feels that private and parochial schools are prime candidates for A+ training. A+ understands the issues of not wanting to double up on accredidation standards and the reluctance to add more things to the curriculum...we feel that if you would take the time to glean from their research and avail yourself to some of their workshops, you would see the value of developing a wider range of teaching methods and skills as well as having FUN in the process.
The following is a short History of A+ Schools:
(following are the research papers and the basic essentials papers)
The A+ Schools concept was conceived in North Carolina where it began as a research model sponsored by the Kenan institute for the Arts. The results from the initial four-year evaluation of the A+ Schools Program in twenty-three North Carolina Schools were so compelling that North Carolina A+ Schools have excelled, attracting new schools, retaining original schools, and reaching beyond their state's borders. When a joint research team from the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University was formed to identify the country's most successful education reform models with strong arts integration emphasis, the North Carolina A+ Schools' project clearly held the most potential for replication in Oklahoma. With the strong commitment from the Kirkpatrick Foundation, through the DaVinci Institute, Oklahoma A+ Schools® was born. In 2003, the University of Central Oklahoma stepped up to provide a permanent home for Oklahoma A+ Schools.
Schools Who have Reserved Tickets ( 700 tickets available)
We are EXCITED to announce this new program to give our schools the opportunity to spotlight their Students that are showing achievement in the ARTS! .... each member school can nominate ONE student a month for the opportunity to be highlighted on our website, newsletters, blog and FEATURED in Metro City Magazine!
Don't forget to send in your Students Applications!
When Ordering your ART, Drama, Dance or Music Supplies PLEASE use these links and help support PPARTS through their affiliate programs with the following companies:
Our Community Arts Calendar has just what you need to know to get your students involved in the Arts in our community! click here
PParts is PROUD to present
the following opportunties
to it's members:
"Student of the Month"
"STUDENT & TEACHER ART SALE"
In an attempt to bring exposure and financial support for PPARTS, we will be hosting our first
"STUDENT & TEACHER ART SALE"
in May of 2008 at Penn Square Mall.
We would like to ask all teachers to remember as you present each unit to your classes throughout the year to remind your students that PPARTS relies on funds from outside sources to provide the services like the annual arts festival.
Both teachers and students can donate pieces of art for this sale. The artist will receive a percentage of the sale and a percentage of each sale will be given to PPARTS (to be decided at a later date).
Bishop John Carroll and Casady both benefitted from this wonderful program in 2007. Mr. Reed has agreed to travel to six schools for the entire year to help us expand this program. 
